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"Math Curse" by Jon Scieszka & Lane Smith
Students use estimation and measurement skills to make predictions and solve problems involving length.
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Measure Your Body
Students measure their bodies. In this math activity, students record their height and weight. Students measure themselves in six months and observe any changes.
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Math and Science in a Wetland
Students describe safe practice when doing field and lab investigations in a estuary or wetland. They create a model of an estuary and describe their value and function. They participate in field study in which they collect and analyze...
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Home on the Range
Students use maps and mathematics to determine the appropriate panther population in a given area. In this Florida ecology lesson, students research the area requirements of male and female panther and use a map to help calculate how...
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Discovering Pi
Fourth graders are introduced and experiment with the concept of pi. Using this information, they discover the relationship between the circumference and diameter of circles. In groups, they practice measuring the circumference of...
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Team Puzzles
Fourth graders work in co-operative teams of four to complete a puzzle. Each student initially works independently, and then the team jointly puts together the four shapes they have individually made, to complete the puzzle.
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Make a Zoo
In this unit students work in groups to find out about an endangered animal species. They design a zoo enclosure for the animal and build a scale model. Together the class constructs a zoo! In the process of planning and building the zoo...
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Oranges and Stopwatches
Students begin to recognize that objects have many measurable attributes. They examine how to identify and accurately measure attributes of common objects. Also Students report their measurement findings.
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Measuring Up!
Students draw lines of certain lengths by using appropriate measuring tools. For this measurement lesson plan, students determine which measurement tools would be best to draw specific lengths to make a barn.
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Squid Races
Learners imitate squid propulsion using a balloon and experience Newton's third law: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. Various anatomical designs are tested and analyzed. They calculate the speed of each squid...
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A Hilly Ride
Fifth graders investigate situations that show how kinetic and potential energy are exchanged. They determine how friction is a source of energy transfer from kinetic to thermal energy by experimenting with a car and track. They answer...
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Crop Circles
Students calculate the area and circumference of a circle. In this geometry lesson, students solve word problems with circles and create formulas to calculate the area. They find the rate and complex area of a circle.
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Ecology and the Conservation of Natural Resources
Students examine the components of ecosystems. They compare and contrast an ecosystem to an aquatic ecosystem. They examine a local ecosystem and discuss its components.
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Why Are Cells So Small?
Students examine the relationship between cell surface area and the ability of materials to diffuse through a cell. They participate in an experiment in which they determine which materials diffuse easier than others. They complete...
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The Grass is Always Greener
Third graders experiment with common grass and cellular division.
The Math League
The Math League: Metric Units and Measurement
This metric system tutorial is compared to the U.S. standard system so that students can comprehend the measurement of length, volume, mass and the like.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measurement: Appropriate Tools for Metric Measurement
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Choose appropriate tools and metric units for given items and measurement situations.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measurement: Appropriate Tools for Metric Measurement
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Choose appropriate metric measurement tools when finding various lengths.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Strolling With My Gnomies, a Measuring Game
Decide whether you want to measure in Standard or metric and at what level (i.e. inch, half inch or centimeter, millimeter) and begin practice. Computer will generate a line above the ruler and the player enters the length and checks for...
Middle School Science
Middle School science.com: Smile Metric Style Lesson
In this lesson plan site, students will learn how to use a metric ruler to measure length, accurately read and record measurements taken in centimeters and millimeters, and collect and analyze data using a stem and leaf.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Measure It! (Measuring Lengths Game)
Practice using metric rulers and rulers with inches. Includes helpful feedback when questions are answered incorrectly.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Measurement Game
This interactive activity gives young students practice measuring lines with a ruler using centimeters.